If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I advocate for protecting the liberty of the net, and securing privacy. I argue against people who believe both are somehow given… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
My work about corruption is to get people to see it less as a moral issue (right/wrong) and more as an economic… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I don't support direct democracy because I want a life, and that means I want to select people who work for me… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
So uncritically do we accept the idea of property in ideas that we don't even notice how monstrous it is to deny… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
"Writing" is the Latin of our times. The modern language of the people is video and sound. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
There are very few people in our society who are actually free to say what they believe. I am in an extremely… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who say we need to cut the amount of money that's spent in politics. I'm not… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
[Conservatives] go to church, they do lots of things for free for each other. They hold potluck dinners. ... They serve food… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
One theme of what I've been writing has been to get people to understand that "apolitical" means "you lose." It doesn't mean… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I think if the copyright regime focuses on the people we are supposed to be helping, the artists and creators, and builds… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
There is still the illusion that if we could declare corporations are not people or that money is not speech, all would… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
We are a cut-and-paste culture. The aim of the protectionists is to argue that a cut-and-paste culture is criminal. Well, it's only… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Under the principle of equality, we should get as close to respecting equal votes of every citizen as we can, given our… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
But, like all metaphoric wars, the copyright wars are not actual conflicts of survival. Or at least, they are not conflicts for… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
As more and more citizens express what they think, and defend it in writing, that will change the way people understand public… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The crystal ball has a question mark in its center. There are some fundamental choices to be made. We will either choose… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
So uncritically do we accept the idea of property in culture that we don't even question when the control of that property… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Companies will often use the legal system to scare people away from attacking them. But we all should be free to make… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
If you are explaining, you're losing. It's a bumper sticker culture. People have to get it like that, and if they don't,… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you disagree with.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
As I've indicated, most books go out of print within one year. The same is true of music and film. Commercial culture is sharklike.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
I think the reality is that copyright law has for a very long time been a tiny little part of American jurisprudence, far removed… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
But, like all metaphoric wars, the copyright wars are not actual conflicts of survival. Or at least, they are not conflicts for survival of… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
If the only way a library can offer an Internet exhibit about the New Deal is to hire a lawyer to clear the rights… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
Some blame the drug companies. I don't. They are corporations. Their managers are ordered by law to make money for the corporation. They push… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
By the time Apple's Macintosh operating system finally falls into the public domain, there will be no machine that could possibly run it. The… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
As more and more citizens express what they think, and defend it in writing, that will change the way people understand public issues. It… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
I think if the copyright regime focuses on the people we are supposed to be helping, the artists and creators, and builds a system… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
There is still the illusion that if we could declare corporations are not people or that money is not speech, all would be solved.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
![“[Conservatives] go to church, they do lots of things for free for each other. They hold potluck dinners. ... They serve food to poor people. They share, they give, they give away for free. It's the very same people leading Wall Street firms who, on Sundays, show up and share.” quote by Lawrence Lessig](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e9e/lawrence-lessig-3201_church_conservatives-go-to-church-they-do-lots_2384270.png)
